Posted on 07/04/2021 7:01:48 AM PDT by Kaslin
That would be a significant change from what it has traditionally been called.
The point is that a significant chunk of perfectly patriotic and educated people have been calling it the 4th of July for a long time. These people would have also understood what other people meant by Independence Day. They just grew up calling it by another name.
The problem in this case is not what it’s called. It’s that the newest generations have been raised to be little neo-Marxists that hate everything about the day.
First, you used wikipedia, which is the worst reference possible as it is usually not accurate and highly politically driven. It is not an acceptable reference for college research papers for this reason; a guaranteed ‘F’ if you use it as a reference.
Second, The Continental Congress voted on July 2nd for independence. August 2nd was when the parchment was actually signed. The 4th of July was merely a document revision date of the declaration.
I am fine with the 4th of July, but please do not quote wikipedia and its pedestrian nonsense that is inaccurate.
For one thing, the objection is silly.
More than just silly, it’s an example of a low IQ practice of today’s generation: the need to find “safe spaces” in absolutely every kind of situation.
“Happy Independence Day” is Chris Talgo’s safe space from “Happy July 4th.”
“... The official name of this federal holiday is INDEPENDENCE DAY.”
I think the switch to “4th of July” from Independence Day started after the Civil War. After all, for half of the country it was a painful reminder that fights for independence are sometimes lost.
I have no particlar objection to calling it the 4th, but it does, as i was meant to, disconnect the name of the day from the meaning.
I don’t know if there will be an Independence Day much longer anyway.
The new Juneteenth day will probably displace it if some people have their way.
You missed the point entirely: where on the FreeRepublic home page does it say we can’t use “Happy July 4th?”
However, I have noticed that in the past few years, many Americans seem less cognizant that July 4 is about the national celebration of our official break from British tyranny than it is about having a big barbeque, watching fireworks, or having fun in the sun.
You may not agree with the author, but I think he's correct about this.
Interesting point. I always assumed “National Independence Day” was added to the name of the holiday because “Juneteenth” is nonsensical babble for illiterate mutants and has no meaning whatsoever in the English language.
If Chris Salgo is not another run of the mill, low IQ subversive trying to cause dissension among patriots, then he’s simply a guy—millenial or not—who thinks with the low IQ attitude of that generation.
Nonsense.
Subversives trying to split patriots on a low IQ controversy.
“Juneteenth” is nonsensical babble for illiterate...”
whoever added the barf alert needs their ass kicked ...
Agree! I don’t see the barf-worthiness in the article.
I first came in here in 2004...changed handle and everything when I changed ‘puter in 2016...I have noticed changes here every few years...Up and down...
Exactly my thoughts as well....
Why don’t they just call it what it is???
Emancipation Day
Sorry, but that is not the day we became independent from Great Britain. That was the day they declared their intentions of becoming independent from Great Britain. They had already been engaged in a war with Great Britain for more than 14 months by the time they had formalized the Declarations of Independence from Great Britain. I would take another 7+ years to actually achieve that independence. British and American negotiators in Paris signed preliminary peace terms in Paris late that November, and on September 3, 1783, Great Britain formally recognized the independence of the United States in the Treaty of Paris.
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